Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-01
RAILROAD FINISHED.
THE rr0RIs OF cEiSTos. sosrH car
DINA. JUBrLAsT.
A Cousiniy Fight that Resulted Ps.aiIy--
Fruit Killsd-why He Appsales-
other Notes.


RaLETou, N. c., March 3I.-TIsc
Clinton end Warsaw railway has been
completed. The people OF Clinton are
iubiiant. The firt passenger train
went over the road To-day. Tomorrow
an excursion train will be run. The
road was built by the Wilmington aud
y cldon Hallway Company. The com
pletion Of the road will be celebrated
regularly april 9th.
News from the transmontaine section
is that oil the peaches are killed. The
cold there has been phenomenal.
Near ClarktOn, Brunswick county,
Benjamin Thompson and Slade Thomp-
son, cousins, had q dispute about land
some days ago. They met again and
renewed the quarrel A fight with re-
volyers followed. Slade Thompson
was shot in the head and instantly
killed.
DIR. W. G. Pool, of Pasquotank,
brother of the late United-States-Sen-
ator John Pool, is dead aged fifty
eight.
A daily paper named the Morning
Noscs il TO be published ut Durham by
Messrs. Seeman &c Phillips. The first
No. appears next Monday.
A man named Sorrell was tried in
Wake Superior Court to-day on the
charge of selling whiskey in Raleigh
in violation of the prohibitory law
He was convicted and fined. He APP
peaIed to the Supreme Court On the
ground that the vote in the prohibition
election was not fairly counted.
A wINTRY MARCH.
The month which went out to-day
was certainly equal to most winter
months, though there was week Of
unseasonably warm weather. This WAS
succeeded by fortnight of biting cold
weather. The result was great damage
to all fruits and plants that could be af-
fected. The peach crop will be fail
ure. Pears, apples, plums, &c, are
killed outright. The truckers lose a
great deal. The worst news of all
comes from the Newberne section. Irish
potatoes, an important early crop, were
above ground and getting along nicely.
They were nipped, and either set back
or killed.
RAILWAY NEWS.
The Spartanburg and Asheville road
is likely TO pass entirely under the con.
troll of the Richmond aud Danville,
and this will no doubt give pleasure to
people on the line as well as to out.
siders who have occasion to travel over
it. The road has not been at all sue
cessful so far, it appears, and people
are not satisfied with its management.
Great things were expected of this road.
THE DRUMMER 's-LICENsE CASE.
Some persons say that the Supreme
Court will pass upon the constitution
atty of the law imposing tax upon
drummers at the present term others
say that the matter cannot be reached
until the fall term. 1t ought to be set
tied at once, and q vexed and veXing
question be disposed of. 1t will be,
known as the case of The State ~.
Foster, A. 4. Foster, of Chicago, be-
ing the drummer who tests the legality
of the law. The loss OF the license
fees will make a big hole in the trea-
sury, of course. Treasurer Balm is an
able fnancier, and Governor Scales
will lend his valuable aid to plans to re-
lieve any necessity which may arise.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
The game season ended to-day, and
the birds will have peace until Septem-
Der 18th next.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
judgment of the Superior Court that
Goldsboro' has the power to issue bonds
for the construction OF waterworks.
Tie citizens voted that way, but an in
junction was taken out to restrain the
city from issuing the bonds. Colds
boro' greatly needs water supply.
The dealers in fertilizers report re-
duced sales, and all say that the farmers
are using homemade manures more
freely than ever before. Ian Is have
certainly been carefully prepared this
season. A great deal of ploughing, the
bulk of it in fact, has been done.
he sharp advance in the price of
cotton attracts considerable attention.
The farmers do not hold much cotton,
however, and hence many OF them do
not realize ony benefit from the rise,
which has been over cent in the past
ten days.
During March there were very de-
structive fires at Oxford, Lsurinburg,
Raleigh, Greensboro, and Reidsville,
and above the average OF small fires.
Over thirty dwelling-houses, isolated,
were burned, and seven persons were
hnrned 10 death. So the month'S re-